Celeste
The temperature in the hallway dropped ten degrees.
Josh let out a cold chuckle and straightened. “This girl is the queen of the Specter Kingdom. She is treated well because she isn’t an evil, deceitful serpent—”
”ENOUGH!” Darien’s voice boomed through the corridor.
Josh met his gaze, but I saw his small satisfaction at the shock on Cera’s face.
A sinking feeling went through me. He hadn’t told her. He hadn’t told Cera he was married. He’d kept that from her. Why?
Cera recovered fast. She looked at me with contempt and then smiled her sweetest, most sickening smile. “I’m deceitful?” She tilted her head. “I’m not the one in another man’s arms.”
Something snapped inside Alec. “Don’t you dare say anything about her! The likes of you aren’t worthy to be in her presence. You aren
